The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine is interested in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the lungs and respiratory system. Areas of expertise include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, cystic fibrosis, environmental and occupational lung disease, lung cancer, sleep medicine, and the treatment of critically ill adult patients. The Division's research labs, located at both the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Omaha VA Medical Center, are focused on research in airway inflammation injury and repair. The Division also has a very active Clinical Studies Unit involved in clinical trials for asthma, COPD, smoking cessation, and cystic fibrosis.
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Division Chief: |
Ruxana Sadikot, MD, MRCP (UK) |
985990 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5990
Karim El-Kersh, MD
Meet Dr. El-Kersh
Karim El-Kersh, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep. He recently joined our division, May 2021. Dr. El-Kersh comes to us from University of Louisville in Louisville, KY, where he was the director of the University of Louisville Pulmonary Hypertension Center and the principal investigator for multiple PH clinical trials . He is board certified in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine and his expertise is pulmonary hypertension. Among Dr. El-Kersh’s research interests are pulmonary arterial hypertension risk assessment, PH Hemodynamics evaluation, and the role of palliative care in pulmonary hypertension management. In his free time, he enjoys travelling and spending time with his family.